West Chicago Community High School - Challenge Yearbook (West Chicago, IL)

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931 The We-Go 1931 First row: H. Foxen, Miss Koupal Second row: E. Kautz. E. Rohr. i 1 1 l 1 l l l I 1 l 1 l 1 1 l , D. Bollweg. P lP CLUB 'lihc Pup Club wax nrgginizccl in W25 11ml ix .111 11rg.1niz:11i1m opml 11- .lll girlx nl Ilia' mclimil. Ile purpmc is to pnmiiirmtc lwttcr iclimil spirit. 'l'ln- Club smrlmil 11:11 on its ymrs wr-rk vcrx' L'.lI'lQ, tha' first mccting lining Scptcmlwr 25. Olrriccrs for ufiiccrs arc: Ilclcn Frmxcn , Y,,, , , Iinrulliy Iiullwcg Igmlnn Ruhr ,, , lilu.1n11r Knutz T11 Miss Kuupzil, Ulll' umlviscr, gms the crulit fur .1 grant clull 4-I nur thc yur xvcrc n1u111ina1tul and chcml .II thm not :mx-ting. Thu llI'l -illtlll , Vmc-liruiclunt ,, ,,lAl'L'.lNlll'L'I' , S1-1'1'ct.1ry wliccuw. 'liliwc .irc l-UI'I5'UI1C iiicmhcrs in Illl' club: slum-11 su11i111's. nine illnic-rs, six soivlioiinrwix-s 11n1l liiu-111 lrcxliiiiui. The ainnunl lWl1I1kllll'l for the lmskctl Gyiiiimsiiiiii. Thu llL'COI'LlllUl15 wn-ru lvhiu ull nm' lmitlmll lumix Wm 3111111 M.1rcl1 IU, in thc l.inc11ln lllill whitr. 'Ilia spuxkur -1l' Ilia L'Xl'l1lI1g 11.15 Mr. fiHl'll1ll'l lrislicr. umcli 111 Nurth Lciitrgil Lullcgc. Yiipurvillc 1'IhL snuiv fturm 1li1l1'1 ,mp him'J Mr. Gniiilulc, Mr. lfilimiin ginnl mimic ul 1111- lwys also spoken 'lihc girls mlml unruly nflcr schmml Cthnt w.1s thc rc'g1x11n 'Am' thi: 111.11l IllSll in Ihr lnwcr c1i1'ri1lur awry owning alftcr sclmulj gmil nt Ihr hrmic luslicilvglll Q.llllL'S. Tln-ru 11111 25255 worth nf Clllllll whl lhnrcl timcsFJ this year. This imuim thc rc wrrc 255 Imxw ur T,l4U lmrs wlal, which viititlcml ouch pci'- mn in scluml ilcziulicrs. ulmj 111 26 laura. lfnch ivan' it 11415 lwcn the uixtmn uf thc chili I-1 guhl .1 luv mv' plunlx In 1111- ivy .lll'1'1l4ly pl.lIlIL'1l. This 1c.11' Icn pl.1nts were alchlul. Vlhv ruimii nr ,ill thc min lwiwncn M11 5 .1n1l U was than thc ivy Ilvttlcil itj Miss Kmilml Lll1ll thu ulhccrs plginlul thx' ixy on Xpril lil. Qll 11 1l11csn't grcww, wc klimv whom tu l1lLll11Cf Mr. Amlcrwn rlug the l mlvsl , V:-use Twenty-one

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1931 TThe We-Go 1931 1 First row: I. Berndt, V. Hermit. Second row: M. Lynch, Miss Gielow, D. Tinnes. G. A. A. The lirst thing clone by the newly electetl officers-Presislent, lola llerniltz Secretary-Treasurer, Mae l.ynch: Social Chairman, Viola lierntltz antl the Sergeant-at-arms, Dorothy Tinnes-was the spon- soring of a membership clrive by making posters. One hunclretl girls were eligible to take part in the unique party given tor the initiates, October Sl. The First sport Miss Gielow triesl to teach us was Fieltl hockey We learnetl very easily how to wreck each others shins. Some of the girls swung the sticks as if they heltl their favorite tlrivers, until Miss Gielow's slightly hoarse voice calletl sticks . Soccer. basketball, volley ball, anal baseball tournaments took up the girls' time :luring the various seasons. The annual rainbow basketball tournament was heltl March l2, 13. ll. There were nine ICLIITIS, each with a color antl name of a state. The Iowa team, Scarlet, won after quite a harcl struggle. Marie Cull captainecl her team to victory. Another new feature marlqecl this vear. Two swimming parties went over to the St. Charles Com- munity House. Some girls watlecl, were tlucketl, splashecl, tliverl, antl oh yes, some swam. A gootl. wel time was liatl by all. liver since we ioinerl the Illinois G. A. A. we have enterecl in play :lays at other schools, but thiy year we heltl one of our own, May 25. The visiting schools--Geneva, West Aurora. anal Napervilleg hatl ten girls each as representatives. The girls who representetl NVest Chicago were Dot Bollweg, Catherine Zeier, Viola Kroning. Lillian Richartlt, Phyllis Defiaris, Mary Mulcahy, Iennie Pesetski, Mable McGee, Frances McAleese, antl Kitty Stevens. About ten tfclock, the girls gatheretl to be put on either the orange or green teams. They chose their team captains anal then were toltl what to clo. Folk tlances, games. relays, volley-ball. baseball. a treasure hunt antl wrestling were the active sports in which the girls participatetl. At noon, the girls gatheretl untler the grove of trees on the campus for a picnic lunch. Songs were sung, the convocation was given, antl the awartls were presenteil to the winning team. Two o'clock marketl the entling ol XVest Chicago's first play tlay. Insteatl of the annual picnic at Potawatomie Parlt, the G. A. A, went to the Chicago Cub Park by Miss tiit-low's suggestion. This game ancl the giving out of well earnetl awartls entletl a year of good times. The many gootl times antl the new activities enteretl into were largely clue to Miss Clie- low, our sponsor. Page Twenty

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1931 The We-Go 1931 l First row: E. Henderson, E. Grumes, J. MeNeeny, Mrs. Jones, H. Foxen, R. RaH'ety, M. Madi- son, L. Weber. Second row: F. Bishop, E. Wiyzgerman, D. Chestnut, F. Wisrererman, J. Williams, M. Correll, H. Fink, P. Birkholtz, B. Mailander. Third row: G. Lyneh, A. Chestnut, F. Gridley, E. Bosseau, R. Veruie, R Kautz, F. Buchanan. SOCUETAS LATINAS Soeietas Latina. the Latin organization of our school, has had an especially interesting year umler the tlireetion ol Mrs. jones. This organization was startetl last year toi the purpose of making Latin more interesting. To he a inemher of the cluli it is necessary to have eompletecl nne year of Latin antl also to he taking a foreign language at the time ol' entering the club. The present membership is twenty-four. The liusiness of the eluh is eontluetetl in the same manner as the oltl Roman government-with two Consuls eorrespontling to the presitlent untl vice-presitlent: the Serilia eorrespontling to the secre- tary: the Aerari Praefeetur eorrespontling to the treasurer: antl the Censor like the sergeant-at-arnis. who sees that all clues are paul promptly anil that ortler is kept at the meetings. The meeting night lor Soeietas l.:itina was the tliirtl Tuestlai of every month. These meetings were usually followetl hy prngrains pertaining to the Ctlslfvlils ,intl halwits ul the Romans. The pro- gram eoininittee preparetl several interesting programs which were enioieil lu all. Those who servetl on that committee were: Pauline liirkholtv, Roliert Vergie, :intl Ifloitl Kliiillei, An initiation was heltl for the first time this year, antl a prngrani was given at which the Seienee Cluli memlvers were guests. lille program eonsistetl ol' a play sliowin.: how many of our lfnglisli wortls are tleriietl from Latin. Those who took part in the play were: Eleanor Grames, lilizalieth Hentlerson, 1-'loytl Gritlley, antl Roh- ert Vereie. Alter the program. tlaneing was emuyecl. The last event of the year was a pienie at which everypne hail .i eootl tune. The olilieers who servetl the elula for the past year were: l-'retlerie liuehanan . . First Consul lane MeNeeney .... Seeontl Consul lllanehe Mailaniler .... Aerarii Praefeetus l-ileanor Grames .. ... . Serilia Pauline liirkholrl .. . Censor Page Twenty-two